Is your business for sale?

Feeling Trapped By Your Business?

If you are feeling trapped by your business and it is time to move on, but you do not know if you can sell your company, then you are not alone. Many Business Owners are unsure as to how to proceed when it comes to leaving their business. However, feeling trapped because you can’t see a way out of the business is not an option. This can lead to employees becoming demotivated by a lack of direction, and the business stagnating when crucial decisions are deferred indefinitely. Ultimately, this situation can start to make your business less attractive to a potential buyer

With proper succession planning and a definite exit strategy in place, you will start to see how you will be able to move on, and out, from your business

Are You Unsure Of The Way Out?

Are you concern that there is no obvious way out of your business? You are at risk to stay far longer in your business than you want

If your business is for sale we help you put in place strategies that will make your company attractive to a potential buyer

We review the options that are available to you to transmit your company to a younger member of your family / employees or sell it to an outside buyer. The variety of Exit Strategies that are possible often means that a succession plan begins to become more obvious.

If your business is for sale – What Are The Options?

Selling your business to a third party, or preparing it for a Management Buy Out, are possibilities. There may be interested parties who do not appear to be able to afford the price that you want. Even then, if your company incorporates a variety of assets, then a leveraged buyout; whereby the new owners use the assets as collateral, may be achievable. Suppliers can often be another interested party

You will no doubt wish to protect the interests of your employees and an option may be to transfer ownership of the business to them via an Employee Benefit Trust

Good Exit Planning will often expose an array of viable alternatives

With these choices uncovered, a proper succession plan can be put together

Feeling stuck in a business can have a detrimental effect on both you and your company. You can simultaneously be damaging your health and your asset. A proper Exit Strategy can reveal your options and provide a succession plan

You will learn... What it takes to devise a successful business continuity strategy

Who knows what the future holds? If you need to sell your business in a hurry, do you have a plan in place to make sure you get a good return? Will your employees be able to keep their jobs? Will your clietns remain satisfied after your departure? Will your shareholders be adequately remunerated?

You will learn... How to maximise the sellability of your business

Will you have enough money to live comfortably after you sold your business? We help you look at your business from a buyer’s point of view and we help you minimise taxes.

You will learn... How to use your business to achieve your life long personal goals

The net proceeds of the sale of your company should help you to achieve your dreams for a life after business. We will use a real business case to demonstrate what good planning can achieve for your company.